Overview
Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dramas of the early 1980s. It follows a group of women, formerly comfortably well-off ex-pats living in Singapore, as they are captured by the Japanese during World War II.
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prisonworld war iiprisoner of warsingaporejunglesoldierperiod dramahistoricalhistorical drama1940swarmodern history
Seasons
Specials1 episodes1985
Season 110 episodes1981
1
Shattered Dreams
1981-10-22
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2All Aboard
1981-10-29
53m0.0es667627
3Internment
1981-11-05
52m0.0es667628
4What Would You Do For...
1981-11-12
53m0.0es667629
5Malaria
1981-11-19
52m0.0es667630
6Rape
1981-11-26
52m0.0es667631
7Unnatural Friendship
1981-12-03
51m0.0es667632
8Escape
1981-12-10
46m0.0es667633
9Five Hundred Hats
1981-12-17
52m0.0es667634
10Christmas
1981-12-24
51m0.0es667635
Season 210 episodes1982
1
The March
1982-10-21
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2The Price
1982-10-28
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3Suicide
1982-11-04
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4Penance
1982-11-11
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5Breaking Vows
1982-11-18
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6New Arrivals
1982-11-25
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7Rendezvous
1982-12-02
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8...for Food
1982-12-09
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9Peacefully in the Night
1982-12-16
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10Comeuppance
1982-12-23
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Season 310 episodes1984
1
Go Down Fighting
1984-10-07
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2Wealth of Stores
1984-10-14
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3Acclimatization
1984-10-21
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4Marion is Wanted
1984-10-28
0.0es667649
5Scars
1984-11-05
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6Diary
1984-11-12
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7Evidence
1984-11-19
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8The Visit
1984-11-26
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9On the Rocks
1984-12-03
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10Sayonara
1984-12-10
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Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/3/2026